A Reform Rabbi Learns from Muhammad
All Muslims know that the Qur’an often refers to the “people of the book” and their prophets. In…
Islam
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A Personal Pilgrimage
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.”…
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
In the aftermath of September 11, Islam’s relation to violence and tolerance have been widely discussed. The critics…
Human Rights and Islam
Question: What is the Islamic stance on human rights? How does Islam regard the killing of a person?…
Islam and Democracy: A Critical Perspective on a Misconstrued Relationship
Nowadays, there is hardly any topic in the field of political science more interesting than the question of…
The Nature of the Closeness of God
Is God close to human beings? If so, how close is He? Or is defining Him in terms…
Learning from Islam
One has only to visit a place such as the Gallipoli Mosque at Auburn and receive the welcome…
The World in the Womb
In the recent past, the Islamic world as a whole has lived through its most depressed periods, whether…
Issues Raised in the Aftermath of the Cartoon Offense
The offensive editorial cartoons published in a Danish newspaper started a controversy that eventually led to protests all…
The Meaning of Jihad and its Implications in the World Today
The first revelation Muhammad ever received from God was “Read!” (Ali 1672). That was a fitting command for…
Recurring History
Regardless of how one defines global religious revival, theological and political debate over religion makes its presence felt…
What is the Islamic view on the Messiah and the anticipation the Mahdi near the end of time?
Messiah is a name or attribute of Jesus, peace be upon him. Messiah means “blessed” in Hebrew, thus…
Respond in Mildness
Pope Benedict’s unfortunate speech has offended Muslims all over the world. The offensive words quoted by the Pope…
On the Messenger of God
This introduction by me as a professor of Oriental studies might be seen as an incentive to attract…
Montaigne and the Ottomans
Essays are like flexible rhapsodies.”1 They are freer, arbitrary, and subjective as compared to a more rigid, systematic,…